Lok Sabha Election 2024: Under the first phase of voting of Lok Sabha elections 2024, on Friday (April 19, 2024), about 80 percent voting took place in a Lok Sabha seat of Tripura in North East. During voting, voters participated enthusiastically and among them were 2500 voters who live near the barbed wire on the border.
To cast their vote, about 2,500 voters crossed the barbed wire on the India-Bangladesh border and then cast their vote. According to the report of news agency ANI, Lok Sabha Elections In view of this, the border gates were opened since morning for the convenience of the voters.
What did the people of Tripura say after voting?
After voting, he said that he got all kinds of support from the officials for voting. They should be able to vote without any hassle. Indian citizen Hafizur Rahman said that all the 50 voters living in the village were eager about the elections. He lives on the other side of the barbed wire. 19 families live there, out of which there are 50 voters. Most of them had cast their votes in the morning itself. Since it was Friday, some people were busy in religious activities.
Entry is available after verification
The Border Security Force makes arrangements for people living near the barbed wire on the India-Bangladesh border to cast their votes. The identity cards of the villagers are verified by the Border Security Force, after which they vote.
The area falls in the Western Tripura parliamentary constituency.
According to the returning officer of West Tripura parliamentary seat, the number of voters living near the barbed wire is 2,500. All these villages fall in West Tripura parliamentary constituency. The contest on this seat is between Congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha and former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
